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Today at 1 PM in the hall of the Teatro San Martín, the company Combinado Argentino de Danza directed by Andrea Servera performs "Tu casa. Rituales de pasaje" with free admission. This show was especially conceived for this space, based on a search for the place of origin and residence of the dance. The set was constructed by the group based on an idea of central action: what belongs to the self and what belongs to the other, diversity and collective creation. And in the afternoon, at the Meeting Point - Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272), there will be two discussions coordinated by the Danza en Acción Forum: "Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives on Movement and Corporeality" at 2.30 PM, featuring Esteban García, Hernán Inverso, Cintia Mariscal, Pamela Abellón and Andrés Fortunato; and "Reflections for a National Dance Law" at 7 PM, featuring Mariela Ruggieri, Eugenia Schwartzman, Lliana Tasso, Marisa Quintela and Maximiliano Avila. In both cases, admission is free.

“Babooshka. Canciones de Mujer”, by actor, choreographer and singer Carlos Casella will be staged today at 3 PM and on Saturday 19 at 0.30 AM at Teatro Picadero (Pje. Enrique Santos Discépolo 1857, a few steps away from Corrientes and Callao avenues). This critically acclaimed show features an eclectic repertoire of songs by female singers like Kate Bush, Britney Spears, Libertad Lamarque, Rocío Durcal, Gloria Trevi, Mina, Rita Pavone, Lía Crucet and Olga Guillot. "A delicate dramatic composition about women’s love sang by a male voice,” Alejandro Cruz wrote for La Nación newspaper. Tickets are on sale on this website and on-site at the box office of the theatres San Martín (Av. Corrientes 1530), Regio (Av. Córdoba 6056), Presidente Alvear (Av. Corrientes 1659) and CCC 25 de Mayo (Av. Triunvirato 4444), from 11 AM to 7 PM.

With the screening of “Phèdre”, by Stéphane Metge, on a staging by Patrice Chéreau, the Festival pays a special tribute to the notable French filmmaker, theater director and actor who sadly died last week. This film from 2003, where Chéreau has woven this tragic love story against a background of bare stone walls, will be screened tonight at 8 PM at the Meeting Point – Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272). Admission is free but subject to venue capacity.

The book that describes the history of the company El Muererío Teatro – created in 1996 and directed ever since by actor, director and educator Diego Starosta – will be launched this afternoon at 6 PM at the Meeting Point – Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272), featuring Ana Alvarado, Gonzalo Córdoba and Federico Irazábal jointly with the authors. The book, both a record and a living work, uses chronology, essay, reflection and education as a starting point to become an aesthetic event itself on a fascinating theatrical journey.

Based on a project by French artists Loïc Touzé and Anne Kerzerho, and previously carried out in Nantes, Istanbul, Berlin and Athens, “Around the Table” aims at capturing the diverse knowledge and practices involving the body in a variety of cultural contexts. In the framework of the Festival, this singular project comes to Buenos Aires and invites everyone to share their knowledge and uses of the body in everyday activities, precisely around a table. It will take place today at 7 PM at Espacio Ecléctico (Humberto 1º 730, San Telmo), in the framework of the TransARTE program, created by the Institut Français (an agency of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in charge of promoting culture abroad). Also, you can visit the exhibition “The Theatrical Spaces of Juan Carlos Gené, by Set Designer Carlos Di Pasquo”, open from 10 AM to 8 PM until Sunday 20 at the photography gallery of the CCC Teatro 25 de Mayo (Av. Triunvirato 4444, Villa Urquiza).

Today, national holiday in Argentina, tickets are available for online purchase only, through this website. Additionally, to assist with any questions, the Information Desk located at the Meeting Point – Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272) will be open. The box offices of San Martín, Regio, Alvear and 25 de Mayo theatres will remain closed during the day. And tomorrow, ticket sale will continue as usual, from 11 AM to 7 PM, at the above-mentioned theatres.

Serbian performer Marina Abramovic and Italian playwright Romeo Castellucci will be featured in the movies showing today, Sunday, as part of the “Films” section. The documentary “Marina Abramovic. The Artist Is Present”, on the life and work of the Serbian artist who uses her own body as a vehicle for art, will be screened at 4 PM. The documentary features her testimony and takes a look at many of her famous performances, including the one she put on at MOMA in New York in 2010 and lasted for 176 hours and 30 minutes, which gave the name to this film, as part of an extensive retrospective of her work. Sitting quietly in a chair and staring at each visitor, Abramovic tested their various reactions as well as her own concentration and endurance. Romeo Castellucci’s Inferno-Purgatorio-Paradiso trilogy, freely inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy, will be screened next. “Inferno”, the first part of the trilogy, is at 6.30 PM. And the second and third parts, “Purgatorio – Paradiso”, are shown at 8.30 PM. Tickets for these films can be picked up at the box office (a maximum of 2 per person) 2 hours before show time.

Important information to have in mind. Tomorrow Monday (national holiday), tickets will not be available for purchase or pick-up at any of these theatres: San Martín, Regio, Alvear or 25 de Mayo, as they will remain closed during the day. You will be able to purchase tickets online. Also, the Information Desk located at the Meeting Point – Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272) will be open to assist with any questions.

Those who have already seen it are still talking about the dazzling performance. Those who haven’t and want to know why there is so much buzz about it have their last chance to see it today, Saturday, at 6.30 PM at the Anfiteatro de Parque Centenario. “Shéda”, the work written by and starring Congolese dramatist Dieudonné Niangouna and the company Les Bruits de la Rue, is stunning in every sense of the word. “This time, Dieudonné Niangouna wanted to make a comprehensive work to embrace the world and its madness. He puts the story in the light of a current pressing need, the need of a poverty-stricken Africa struggling to find the voice of democracy. His activist theatre is not afraid of anything,” wrote Emmanuelle Bouchez for the website Telerama.fr – a quote urging readers not to miss this production: to attend the show, pick up your ticket (a maximum of 2 per person) 2 hours before the performance.

Before the last performance of “Shéda”, Dieudonné Niangouna will take part in an open discussion at 3 PM at the Meeting Point – Salón Real (Sarmiento 1272). The Congolese actor and director, one of the most important in sub-Saharan Africa, will engage in a dialogue with the public moderated by Argentine director Guillermo Cacace. This will be an opportunity to personally get to know the life, work and thoughts of one of today’s most relevant creators in world theatre.